Roberto Martinez on mission to get Wigan heading to FA Cup glory

Roberto Martinez has stressed he is focused on the weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final at Everton rather than rewriting history.

A trip to Wembley for what would be the Latics’ first-ever appearance in the semi-finals of the competition awaits if they can get past the Toffees on Saturday.

Martinez admits that prospect lends an ‘extra-special’ dimension to the Goodison Park contest.

But asked what it would mean to get Wigan – whose best run in the Cup before this season saw them eliminated in the 1987 quarter-finals – to Wembley, the Spaniard said: ‘I don’t really think that far because I’m very pleased to get to where we have got so far, but we have done nothing yet.

Wigan face Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday (Picture: AFP)

‘It would be an incredible achievement [to reach the semi-finals] and that is why we are going to fight tooth and nail to get there.’

Asked if he had allowed himself to dream about bringing a trophy to the club, Martinez replied: ‘No – I think we are still too far [away].

‘Ninety minutes is an eternity in football, never mind looking to the final.

‘Now, going to Goodison Park in the quarter-finals is a real challenge. If you can overcome that, it will be the moment to look at what is ahead.

‘When you are facing a game that could make history, though, for any club that is always extra-special.’